Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants (n = 1850), Blantyre City and Chiradzulu District
From: Cervical cancer screening coverage and its related knowledge in southern Malawi
| Â | All strata pooled | Blantyre City | Chiradzulu District with supported cervical cancer screening services | Chiradzulu District without supported cervical cancer screening services | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | n = 1.850 | Col % | 95% CI | p-value | n = 343 | Col % | 95% CI | n = 755 | Col % | 95% CI | n = 752 | Col % | 95% CI |
Average age (years) | 34.0 | Â | Â | Â | 33.7 | Â | 33.0-34.4 | 34.2 | Â | 33.7-34.6 | 34.3 | Â | 33.7-34.8 |
Age groups (years) | |||||||||||||
 25-35 | 1125 | 63.3 | 59.6-66.8 | 0.130 | 221 | 64.4 | 59.2-69.3 | 460 | 60.9 | 58.0-63.7 | 444 | 59.0 | 54.8-63.2 |
 36-49 | 725 | 36.7 | 33.2-40.4 |  | 122 | 35.6 | 30.7-40.8 | 295 | 39.1 | 36.3-42.0 | 308 | 41.0 | 36.8-45.2 |
Marital status | |||||||||||||
 Married / living together | 1437 | 75.8 | 71.2-79.8 | p<0.001 | 257 | 74.9 | 70.0-79.3 | 599 | 79.3 | 76.4-82.0 | 581 | 77.3 | 73.1-81.0 |
 Separated / divorced | 286 | 13.9 | 11.4-16.8 |  | 45 | 13.1 | 9.9-17.1 | 117 | 15.5 | 13.2-18.1 | 124 | 16.5 | 13.5-20.0 |
 Widow | 87 | 4.5 | 2.9-6.9 |  | 15 | 4.4 | 2.6-7.1 | 33 | 4.4 | 3.2-6.0 | 39 | 5.2 | 3.7-7.1 |
 Single | 40 | 5.8 | 3.5-9.7 |  | 26 | 7.6 | 5.2-10.9 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3-2.2 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4-2.5 |
Literacy | |||||||||||||
 Illiterate | 461 | 18.2 | 15.2-21.7 | p<0.001 | 52 | 15.2 | 11.7-19.4 | 231 | 30.6 | 26.0-35.6 | 178 | 23.7 | 19.0-29.1 |
 Literate | 1389 | 81.8 | 78.3-84.8 |  | 291 | 84.8 | 80.6-88.3 | 524 | 69.4 | 64.4-74.0 | 574 | 76.3 | 70.9-81.0 |
Occupation | |||||||||||||
 Household work | 874 | 41.7 | 36.3-47.2 |  | 134 | 39.1 | 34.0-44.4 | 384 | 50.9 | 40.3-61.3 | 356 | 47.3 | 38.9-56.0 |
 Farming | 444 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.8 |  | 12 | 3.5 | 2.0-6.1 | 217 | 28.7 | 19.7-39.9 | 215 | 28.6 | 20.9-37.8 |
 Employed (for wages) | 101 | 15.4 | 11.1-21.0 |  | 69 | 20.1 | 16.2-24.7 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.0-5.4 | 14 | 1.9 | 0.9-3.6 |
 Business (self-employed) | 333 | 27.4 | 23.3-31.9 |  | 109 | 31.8 | 27.0-36.9 | 100 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.4 | 124 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.4 |
 Casual labour | 91 | 5.2 | 3.6-7.2 |  | 18 | 5.2 | 3.3-8.2 | 33 | 4.4 | 2.3-8.2 | 40 | 5.3 | 2.9-9.7 |
 Other occupation | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1-1.3 |  | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0-2.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1-1.2 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1-1.2 |
Average monthly household income (MK - Malawian Kwacha)a | |||||||||||||
 <  20,000 MK | 1097 | 35.4 | 31.6-39.4 | p<0.001 | 82 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.7 | 463 | 61.3 | 52.0-69.9 | 552 | 73.4 | 67.2-78.8 |
 20,000-40,000 MK | 451 | 29.7 | 25.1-34.7 |  | 111 | 32.4 | 27.6-37.5 | 200 | 26.5 | 20.9-32.9 | 140 | 18.6 | 14.3-23.9 |
 >  40,000 MK | 302 | 34.9 | 30.1-40.0 |  | 150 | 43.7 | 38.5-49.1 | 92 | 12.2 | 8.3-17.6 | 60 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.0 |
HIV Status | |||||||||||||
 Negative | 1402 | 80.6 | 76.9-83.7 | 0.006 | 284 | 82.8 | 78.4-86.5 | 554 | 73.4 | 69.8-76.7 | 564 | 75.0 | 71.2-78.4 |
 Positive (on anti-retroviral therapy, ART) | 414 | 17.3 | 14.0-21.1 |  | 51 | 14.9 | 11.5-19.1 | 193 | 25.6 | 22.3-29.1 | 170 | 22.6 | 19.1-26.5 |
 Unknown or no answer given | 34 | 2.1 | 1.2-4.1 |  | 8 | 2.3 | 1.2-4.6 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4-2.5 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3-4.3 |